Luchadoras (comics)

Luchadoras is a French-language graphic novel by Peggy Adam, set during the height of the female homicides in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Although the setting of the book is based in fact, the story itself is a work of fiction, which follows a strong-willed victim of domestic abuse attempting to escape her abusive gang-member fiancé.

Luchadoras
Date	2006
Publisher	Atrabile
Creative team
Writers	Peggy Adam
Artists	Peggy Adam
Original publication
Date of publication	2006
Language	French
ISBN	294032929X
Translation
Publisher	Blank Slate Books
Date	2011
ISBN	9781906653125
Translator	Judith Taboy, Martin Steenton

Released in 2006 to critical acclaim,[1] it appeared in the official selection of the 2007 edition of the Angoulême International Comics Festival.[2] A Spanish edition was published in 2007 by Sins Entido, followed in 2008 by an Italian edition published by 001 Edizioni. An English translation is set to be released by United Kingdom independent publisher Blank Slate Books in February 2011.[3] The English edition is being translated and edited by Judith Taboy and Martin Steenton of Avoid the Future, an independent comic blog based in the UK.[4]

Notes

1. Umstätter, Gabriel. "Luchadoras Review." du9. Retrieved on 2 January 2011.
2. "Luchadoras de Peggy Adam." Evene.fr. Retrieved on 2 January 2011.
3. "Coming Soon." Blank Slate Books website. Retrieved on 2 January 2011.
4. Penman, Kenny. "They Look Happy Now - Just Wait.." Blank Slate Books blog. Retrieved on 2 January 2011.

External links

• Atrabile's Peggy Adam sub-site